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Overthinking
Words matter, but not every word (I hope). I just spent a minute rewriting this sentence several times: He turned to Frank, who was watching the banter, stunned. Frank is not only “watching” the banter; he’s also hearing it. “observing” would be better. Wait, that means “looking”, too. It doesn’t flow well, either. “watching” it…
Whew! They’re Young!
I’ve been having all sorts of debates with myself about political things, criminal justice, etc… All the things that go horribly sideways after an apocalypse. I just noticed something about my characters’ backstories: They’re all young. This is by-design. It’s also the case in almost all action stories for the same reason I chose it:…
Sliced Bread
And Other Lunchtime Miscellany We bought bread. Wednesdays are grocery day. It also happened to be bread day, which is whatever day we’re about to run out of bread and I make more. It was also bake a birthday cake for The Laird day. I didn’t feel like making bread and cake. I asked the…
Marked Up 